cherub
/ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəb/ 名词 C2中文: 智天使、基路伯、革鲁宾、赫鲁宾
- A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
- A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
- In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
- A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
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"Fancy anyone having the heart to hurt him," he muttered, as he glanced down at the small, angry red pucker upon the cherub throat.
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